Peter Yarrow, one-third of the 1960s folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, died Tuesday in New York City. He was 86. Yarrow died at his home in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, The New York Times reported. His death was confirmed by his publicist, Ken Sunshine, according to the newspaper. Yarrow had been battling bladder cancer for the past four years.

Peter Yarrow, one third of the chart-topping 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary — which helped popularize Bob Dylan as the voice of a generation — co-writer of the song “Puff, the Magic Dragon” and a prominent social activist,

The singer and songwriter who helped popularize folk music in the 1960s died of bladder cancer at his home in New York.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peter Yarrow, the singer-songwriter best known as one-third of Peter, Paul and Mary, the folk music trio whose impassioned harmonies transfixed millions as they lifted their voices in favor of civil rights and against war, has died. He was 86.

Peter Yarrow, one-third of the 1960s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary, has died at age 86 after a yearslong battle with bladder cancer, according to The Associated Press. Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey, and Mary Travers formed a Grammy Award-winning group that produced hits like “Puff,